Client Testimonials

Health Officer

Our organization has used VIP Research for a number health and community assessment projects and they are really great to work with. Marty’s approach is that of a partner; you will feel like he’s part of your team and cares as much as you do about the health and wellbeing of your community. He has high ethical standards and ensures data integrity that will close the gap between perceived needs and real needs. He successfully manages the assessment process and can be flexible to ensure a product that meets each stakeholders needs. The quality of their work is exceptional!

- LISA STEFANOVSKY

Co-Principal Investigator and Project Director

Chicagoland Partners for English Language Learners (CPELL) is a $2M, grant-funded program through the Department of Education, Office of English Language Acquisition. Upon receiving our second 5-year grant, we sought to raise the bar on our work at all levels. Dr. Martin (Marty) Hill has positively impacted our program from Day 1. Joining our team as the external evaluator for CPELL, Marty brought a level of confidence, a questioning mind, and an inquisitive sense of discovery as he set about learning what we had accomplished in year’s past and what our goals were for the next 4 years. As he began to work his way through our data, he not only helped shape our evaluation tools for future data collection, but helped our team refine assessments to an even higher standard. Marty’s report-writing skills are reflective of the way he approaches all of his work–clear, organized, well-thought-out, and on schedule. Marty brings a refreshing perspective to the role and we endorse his work 100 percent.

- MARLA ISRAEL AND NANCY GOLDBERGER

Founder and President, Ritz Communications

We have worked on a number of projects with Dr. Hill and have always been pleased with his approach and results. He makes himself as knowledgeable about clients’ needs as he is about the market research and evaluation process. From focus group testing eliciting responses to branding, to customer use and satisfaction surveys on behalf of clients, he has provided thoughtful recommendations about methodology and meaningful results. He is a pleasure to work with and we always appreciate how seamlessly and professionally he works with our team to provide smart counsel and analysis.

- ELISABETH RITZ

Director of Marketing, Memorial Medical Center, Ludington, MI

We worked with Marty Hill of VIP Research and Evaluation on a Community Health Needs Assessment required as part of the Patient Protection and Accountable Care Act. Working with Marty has been great! He really knows his stuff in terms of comprehensive research studies and framing them to get measurable results that can be cut multiple ways. We now have a great deal of data that we can use to develop our strategy in population health management, and have a baseline by which to measure our progress. We will definitely use VIP Research and Evaluation in our ongoing efforts for the project. Marty is not only extremely knowledgeable in his industry, but is a pleasure to work with. I’ve always thought of him as an extension of our department and not as merely a vendor; he truly cares about our success. Nothing has been left undone, and I have absolute confidence that he will do what he promises, on time, and within budget. I highly recommend him!

- PATRICIA EZDEBSKI

Epidemiologist, Ottawa County Health Department

I’ve had the pleasure of working with Dr. Hill since 2008. The first time was the development of an innovative survey project to assess local small business needs and perceptions around health coverage. Since 2011 we’ve worked closely with him to conduct regional, multi-component Community Health Needs Assessments every three years. Prior to working with Dr. Hill, our organization had a few large survey projects that went very poorly. We had hired contractors who didn’t fulfill project tasks according to the parameters specified in their contracts, who didn’t complete them within the stated timeline, who produced reports that were difficult to read and use – and one who never even finished the job. Needless to say, we were leery of working with anyone by that point. Since 2008, Dr. Hill has consistently demonstrated that quality, timely work does happen and it can be accompanied by superlative customer service. Dr. Hill excels in working with his clients to ensure that he understands their goals and timelines. He continues to communicate throughout our projects to engage us in the process and provide an end product that suits our unique needs. He is very knowledgeable about health and social science data collection, survey construction and implementation, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and survey sampling methodology. In my experience, he has set the standard for project reports. He produces final reports for all our projects that are very well received by our analytical staff, program level staff, and our executive team – a big accomplishment. In addition, he continues to innovate in each iteration, providing a better product each time. By working with Dr. Hill, we’ve been glad to find that high ethical standards and high quality work don’t have to come with a high price tag. I heartily recommend him to anyone who asks me for a referral, and I haven’t had anyone who regretted their decision.

- MARCIA MANSARAY

Research Analyst, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Having dealt with many other research vendors in my career, I appreciate that Marty and his team is well versed in educational research both product development and efficacy. He works closely with the client in the spirit of true partnership to make sure all objectives are met with insightful and engaging results. VIP Research and Evaluation provides custom research solutions tailored to the unique business needs of clients. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt values research vendors like Marty because of his professionalism, reliability, and service.

- LINDA CAMPBELL

Executive Director, Ready for School Community Initiative

I have had the opportunity to work with Dr. Martin Hill through an early childhood initiative entitled “Ready for School” for the past three years. During this time I have found Dr. Hill to be a highly skilled professional in providing evaluation for a complex project. He provided extensive consultation to the project assessing the processes and devising logic models that depicted the outcomes we hoped to accomplish. He is helpful, dependable and extremely adept at problem solving. I would highly recommend Dr. Martin Hill as someone who will provide a quality service.

- PAT VERDUIN

Executive Director, Allegan County United Way

I have known Dr. Hill through his direction of the Frost Center of Hope College in Holland, Michigan where he led surveys in our County for many years. All involved were very pleased with his research and our rural county could not afford a full blown BRFS survey so I asked Marty to prepare a Report Card based on the data that was available. At the same time, he was working with my co-worker on an Access to Healthcare survey. Throughout both projects, his level of communication was exemplary resulting in an education for both of us – us telling him what we needed/wanted and him telling us about our possibilities based on the data. He always had reports done on a timely basis and produced products that were well researched and well done in a presentation format that was understandable to our audiences. We will continue working with him on other projects in the future.

- MIMI GABRIEL

Senior Market Research Analyst, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Discovering VIP Research and Evaluation has been a God-send to our Market Intelligence department. Their diligence to truly understand our needs and style has led them to become my favorite research partners. Marty and Megan have demonstrated a level of industry knowledge that in past years, has proven very difficult for us to find in an outside research company. We fully trust VIP to represent HMH and manage our highest profile research projects. VIP is a true extension of our team. Once we turn over a project to them, they manage all the details, in collaboration with one of our Research Analysts as appropriate, and consistently provide professional, quality results. With a multi-million dollar research budget that demands excellence, we turn to VIP Research and Evaluation.

- REBEKAH COUDRIET

Cartoonist and Educator, West Michigan Character Council

Dr. Martin Hill and the team at VIP have worked very patiently with me over the past couple of years. They’ve helped me look at my research interest, cartoons in education and character values development, from multiple angles, and then built a framework around my idea that could yield measurable and actionable results. After all of that, they again waited patiently while I searched for funding for our first pilot study. Upon funding, they guided me through every step of the evaluation process. The results from this first pilot study will open a door for more materials development and more in-depth research. I really believe that this initiative will be valuable to the future of education, and I would never have gotten to this stage without VIP’s consistent and comprehensive help.

- WADE GUGINO

Heartland Alliance Marjorie Kovler Center

For over six years I have had the pleasure of working with Dr. Martin Hill in his role as the Associate Director, Research and Evaluation, at the Heartland Alliance Marjorie Kovler Center, a torture treatment center located in Chicago and serving an international population of survivors of politically-sanctioned torture. During this time, I have come to respect his diligence for the work, his knowledge of evaluation and the valuable role that it can play, his sense of responsibility to funders, donors, and the people we serve, and his generosity of time and support. Having presented with him locally, nationally and internationally, I can vouch for his ability to share the stage and be able to thoughtfully answer questions addressed to him. While by the nature of the work as evaluator of the program, he is in an oversight role, he has been able to balance that with becoming a full member of the team, something essential in the healing community that we create in torture treatment work.